Abstract

The urbanized have cost significant demand on thelocal and global natural environment. This demand risesbeyond that which Earth can remain sustainability. Thus,evaluating the magnitude and pattern of land use is a need.This research investigated the relationships among land coverchange, land surface temperatures, and precipitation in theAichi Prefecture, Japan. Land cover and land surfacetemperatures were derived by using Landsat imagery. Then,the satellite-derived temperature algorithm was applied to landcover patterns to view the spatial and temporal changes.<br>Precipitation data were collected from ground-based stations.Precipitation data could be obtained at a high frequency and ona virtually near-real-time basis. A meteorological database wasthen constructed. The information in this database can becommunicated on a web-based system and may be valuable asan early warning system for flooding.